It's really peeing you off, all this, isn't it? You clearly care more than we do.

As a fan of sport in general, I sometimes think that things like this are just pure publicity stunts but I would be interested to see how a game played to these hybrid rules went:

13 men, essentially RL rules except:-
Contested scrums
1 "power play" allowed per set of six. The timing would be chosen by the attacking team and they would essentially be able to ruck and maul RU style.
If the ball is kicked to touch from a power play, the attacking side can choose a lineout.
2 points for a drop goal.

2 refs, one RU one RL.

Gives both sides a fair chance to play to their strengths.

Thursday 19th January is O'Loughlin's testimonial.

Not bad, but I can't see the League side ever choosing the power play option because it plays to their weaknesses. The Union side, conversely, would be likely to choose the power play on tackle 1, meaning they can ruck/maul through various phases (not sure of my terminology here), until eventually kicking it.

So what you have is the League team playing League, and the Union team playing Union, all in the same game.

Ultimately, any game like this will be half-d - particularly if you've got less than 2 months to sort out the logistics. I'd far rather we concentrated on preparing for the next Super League season & steered clear of these distractions.

I think it's going to be a massive waste of time. And I'll be honest, something that I'm personally not really interested in going all the way to Wembley to watch. The hybrid rules to me seem much more in favour of yawnion and either way it's only going to be a half d effort and something that very few people will actually understand whats going on.

You make some fair comments but at the end of the day games like this are pointless (apart from publicity). There is no fair system, only some compromise that at least gives each side a chance to play to their strengths. They key for each side would be to make their opponents game break down so they can then play their familiar game. There would need to be a limit on the number of times a ball could be re-cycled.

The only other way is a different game. It would be interesting to see them play "shinty"

What about pitch markings? Is going League or Union or something new.

What socks will they wear?

If there's big money for the club then lets get it on.

Challenge Cup Champions......well it was good enough for you.

Correct.

It clearly isn't "pointless" like some posters say........WE WOULDN'T DO IT WOULD WE IF IT WAS POINTLESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is where this partnership gets to come into its own. A cross-code game at WEMBLEY and we will get cash for doing it. Sounds fantastic to me.

I wouldn't watch this Union-biased farce if it was in my back garden. Nevermind travelling down to Wembley.

Ultra my @rse!